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Photograph 024909 Second World War, 1939-1945WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-22. SERGEANT W.D. MARTIN, OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF NO5 FIELD UNIT MILITARY HISTORY AND INFORMATION SECTION.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-22. LEFT TO RIGHT: SERGEANT J.R. OATES, & LANCE SERGEANT E.E. SMITH, OF NO5 FIELD UNIT. MILITARY HISTORY AND INFORMATION SECTION.
WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-22. SERGEANT W.D. MARTIN, OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF NO5 FIELD UNIT MILITARY HISTORY AND INFORMATION SECTION.

NO. 5 UNIT, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY AND INFORMATION SECTION AT REAR HEADQUARTERS 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT, ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF EL ALAMEIN. IN FRONT OF TENT ARE LEFT TO R

KILO 89 CAMP, PALESTINE. 1943-01. PERSONNEL OF MILITARY HISTORY AND INFORMATION SECTION WAITING OUTSIDE THEIR HUT FOR ORDERS TO MOVE TO A STAGING CAMP IN EGYPT PRIOR TO EMBARKATION FOR AUSTRALIA. LEFT

DABA, EGYPT. 1942-11-13. SERGEANT E.E. SMITH, N.C.O. IN CHARGE OF NO. 5 FIELD UNIT, MILITARY HISTORY & INFORMATION TAKING A DISPICABLE PRISONER, AT DABA. PRISONER IS SUSPECTED OF BEING SERGEANT W.D. M

VX16434 Sergeant John Richard (Jack) Oates of the 5th Field Unit, Military History and Information Section constructing his “Home” after the Unit had “moved in” to Tobruk.

The official residence of No5 Field Unit, Military History and Information Section, formerly the “Albergo Tobruch” (Hotel Tobruk). Standing at the entrance are, from left to right: VX46163 Warrant O
